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FILM & TV
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Valeria Berghinz
Jan 255 min read
'Passing', Fanon, And The Screen
Image by Adolph B. Rice Studio via Flickr In 1952, Martiniquan theorist Frantz Fanon published the pioneering Black Skin, White Masks ,...
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Roxy-Moon Dahal Hodson
Jan 225 min read
“At The End Of The Story”: Strand Magazine On David Lynch
On the 16th of January, director, visionary, and lover of dreams, David Lynch passed, leaving a colossal cavity in the heart of film.
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Laura Mihaela Cretu
Dec 19, 20248 min read
Opening Scenes: In Conversation with Against The Grain Visuals, Maker of ‘Blackstar, Until The End’
'Blackstar, Until The End' (Against The Grain Visuals, 2024) I sat down with Filmmaker Joseph White, or Against The Grain Visuals, to...
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Humaira Valera
Dec 19, 202415 min read
In Conversation with Jamie Benyon, Director of 'Two Minutes'
Jamie Benyon made an impressive debut at the London Film Festival with Two Minutes , a hilarious, yet heartfelt short film about two...
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Anainah Dalal
Dec 17, 20244 min read
'Familiar Phantoms Triple Bill' Review: A Future Haunted… By Hope And Its Misfortunes
Image courtesy of London Palestine Film Festival We live in times where the image simultaneously means everything and nothing. We see...
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Humaira Valera
Dec 13, 20245 min read
‘A Grain of Sand’ Review: An Ode To The Children Of Gaza
A Grain of Sand (2024); image courtesy of Ellie Kurttz The 2024 London Palestine Film Festival opened with the play A Grain of Sand , a...
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Joe Breuer
Dec 11, 20245 min read
'Grand Theft Hamlet' Review: 'The Play's The Thing'
Grand Theft Hamlet (Pinny Grylls, Sam Crane, 2024); Image courtesy of Tull Stories) In spite of all the surreal emotions that arise from...
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Keyuri Gawde
Dec 8, 20243 min read
'From Ground Zero': Urgent Cinema
A review of 'From Ground Zero', an anthology of 22 short films created by Palestinians in the aftermath of October 7th
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Emma Todbjerg
Dec 7, 20246 min read
‘Wicked’ Review: A Wickedly Talented Ensemble
'Wicked' illustration by Luella John The long-awaited Wicked (Part 1), directed by Jon M. Chu, opened on the 22nd of November, quickly...
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